The Burden of Mules

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Released 1 August 1983 Artist The Wolfgang Press Label 4AD Producers Mark Cox, Michael Allen		Recorded May 1982 – June 1983 Release date 1 August 1983 Genre Gothic rock

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The Burden of Mules is the debut studio album by English post-punk band The Wolfgang Press. It was released on 1 August 1983, through record label 4AD.

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Critical reception

AllMusic's review was negative, calling the album "impenetrable" and some tracks "so morose and vehement as to verge on self-parody". Trouser Press called it "dark and cacophonous; an angry, intense slab of post-punk gloom that is best left to its own (de)vices."

Personnel

The Wolfgang Press

Andrew Gray – guitar (tracks A1, A4 and B2), percussion (tracks A1 and B2), drums (tracks A3 and B1), sleeve photography

David Steiner – drums (track B1)

Michael Allen – drums (tracks A1 and B1), percussion (tracks A1, A2, A4–A6 and B2), bass guitar (tracks A2–A6, B2 and B3), vocals (tracks A2–A5 and B1–B3), synthesizer (tracks A2 and A5), piano (tracks A6, B2 and B3), organ (track A6), drum loops (track B2), cymbal and saxophone (track B3), production

Mark Cox – synthesizer (tracks A2 and A4–B3), percussion (tracks A1, A2, A4–A6), clarinet (tracks A2, A5 and B3), "noises" (tracks A3, B1 and B2), pixiephone and chimes (tracks A2 and A4), piano (tracks A2 and A5), organ (tracks A1 and B1), "scratches" and whistling (track A6), bass guitar (track A3), production

Richard Thomas – drums (tracks A2, A4–A6 and B3), flute and piano (track B3)

Technical

John Madden – engineering, production

Songs

1Lisa (The Passion)3:01
2Prostitute I3:01
3The Burden of Mules3:43

References

The Burden of Mules Wikipedia

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